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Category Archives: Miscellany
ZAPPATiKA! – Strictly Frankly
Everyone knows I’m always game for fresh new covers of Frank Zappa music, no matter the source, so when Zap Mcinnes of ZAPPATiKA! sent KUR an edited mix (ready for streaming) as a sort of belated Xmas present of their … Continue reading
Posted in FZcovers, Miscellany, Music
Tagged 2010, holland, Leiden, QBUS Concert Hall, Strictly Frankly, The Netherlands, The Ultimate Rock Party, Zap Mcinnes, ZAPPATiKA!
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Women Drummers – The Black Page
Once considered a boy’s only club, more and more women are taking up the drums as an instrument of choice – such as Lucy Landymore* (above) who performs Frank Zappa’s “The Black Page Drum Solo”, as well as Heather Thomas … Continue reading
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #8
For as long as I have been a Zappa/Mother‘s freak – going four decades strong and showing no evidence of slowing down – almost every fan of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention I’ve encountered has also been a … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1968, 1969, 1970, BBC Top Gear Sessions, chicago, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, sunday big note, Sweden
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #6
For this week’s Sunday Big Note, I’ve got a fantastic gem of a listening session in store – a soundboard of Wishone Ash from 1976. Although short (approximately one hour in length), the sound quality is excellent, and the performance, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1976, progressive hard rock, San Francisco, twin lead guitar format, winterland ballroom, wishbone ash
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Mike Miller Quintet – Live At The Baked Potato, 2008
Mike Miller, known around Los Angeles as a guitarist’s guitarist, along with the rest of the Mike Miller Quintet – Jimmy Johnson, Chad Wackerman, Walt Fowler, and Albert Wing – performed a live set at Los Angeles’ The Baked Potato … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2008, albert wing, chad wackerman, jimmy johnson, Mike Miller, Mike Miller Quintet, the Baked Potato, walt fowler
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Gentle Giant’s “Funny Ways” – Brussels, 1974
A little something special for all you aficionados of Gentle Giant music. “Funny Ways” is the second track from Gentle Giant‘s debut album of the same name released in 1970. Vocals were provided mostly by Phil Shulman, with Derek Shulman … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 16mm film, 1974, Christopher Nupen, funny ways, gentle giant
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Best of Zappa In Australia – 1973 Tour
In the above clip (short as it is), Frank Zappa expounds on what an Australian concert goer might expect from one of the various shows on his 1973 Australian tour. For some FZ fans, this particular ensemble is their favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1973, australia, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, streaming audio
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #3
This week’s Sunday Big Note finds Chick Corea and Return to Forever performing at the Chateau Neuf in Oslo, Norway on the 14th of March, 1976. Return to Forever were touring to promote their sixth studio album, Romantic Warrior (the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1976, al di meola, chick corea, lenny white, Oslo, return to forever, stanley clarke
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #2
It would be another year – the last week of April and the early weeks of May 1973 – before the Mahavishnu Orchestra found themselves on the road opening for Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention on the tour … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1972, jazz fusion, Mahavishnu Orchestra, original line-up, The Inner Mounting Flame
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